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Infandous

Postby Grogie » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:31 pm

Too evil or wicked to be mentioned. ''Hitler, Stalin and others like them were infandous.''

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Postby Slava » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:35 am

Now, just how does one mention something that isn't to be mentioned? Good word, but hard to use in a literal sense, no?

Here's a nice article in which it's used and even explained:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0 ... tionaries/
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Postby Perry » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:34 am

In-fan-dous

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